Suspender-buckle



(No Model.)

W. w. RILEY.

SUSPENDER BUCKLE.

No. 508,121 Patented N0V.'7, 1893.

UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

WILLIAM W. RILEY, OF GROMWELL OONNECTICUTa SUSPENDER-BUCKLE.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 508,121, dated November 7, 1893.

- Applicationfiled February 7, 1893- Serial No. 461,358. (No model.)

and to this end my invention consists in the details of the several parts making up the buckle as a whole and in the combination of such parts as more particularly hereinafter described and pointed out in the claim.

Referring to the drawings: Figure 1 is a plan view of a suspender buckle embodying my invention. Fig. 2 is a plan view of the back of the same buckle. Fig. 3 is a detail rear view of the buckle with the parts extended. Fig. 4 is a detail face view of the buckle with the parts extended. Fig. 5 is a detail edge view of the buckle with the parts as shown in Fig. 1. Fig. 6 is a detail edge view of the buckle shown in place on a suspender. Fig. 7 is a detail front view of a buckle shown in place as applied to a suspender.

In the accompanying drawings the lettera denotes the frame plate of the buckle that is made preferably of metal cut or stamped to shape from a thin sheet thereof or cast or otherwise formed as is most convenient. This frame plate has an opening a in which the sliding loop bis supported on the side parts a of the frame. The cross bar cserves as a support for the strap d forming part of the suspender, the free end d of the suspender being adapted to pass through the slot b in the loop, lower part of and then through a slot in the frame plate forming a tuck e. The sliding loop has on its lower end an offset portion and. is supported on the frame in such manner as to allow it a limited play lengthwise of the frame so that the strap or webbing extending through the slot The sliding loop is preferably made of a single piece of metal with prongs or lugs b that are adapted to be turned upward and then outward, as shown in Fig. 2 of the drawings, so as to embrace the edges of the side parts a of the frame and thus serve as a means for connecting the loop to the frame. My improvement, however, is not limited to this particular means of attaching the loop to the frame as other methods or means may be employed without departing from my in-.

vention.

The buckle as a whole is attached to the parts of a suspender as shown in Figs. 6 and 7 of the drawings, and as the fastening means are free from any projecting points or tongues the webbing is not cut in use and any-degree of adj ustment'may be obtained.

To loosen the hold of the buckle upon a strap it is merely necessary to slide the loop back along the frame as by pressure applied to its upper edge and this will release the hold upon the web or strap that is passed through the slot 1) and through the opening a in the frame in the manner described.

It will be seen from this construction that the free end of the suspender is passed through the slot 17' in the loop and then through the opening a. In use the upward pull of the free end of the suspender through the end of the loop causes the latter to be pulled upward, thus firmly clamping the suspender or webbing between the upper part of the frame plate a and the ofiset'lower part of the loop. 1

I claim as my invention In combination in a buckle, a substantially rectangular frame having a central opening and a. cross bar extending across said opening, a sliding loop having its outer end located on one side of the rectangular frame and provided with a slot, and its inner end forming a clamping offset part and located upon the opposite side of the frame from the outer end, and the backturned integral lugs located on the sliding loop and on the opposite side of the frame from the offset portion, all substantially as described.

' WILLIAM w. RILEY.

Witnesses:

ARTHUR B. JENKINS, J. STERN. 

